At about the time of my arrival in Scotland, another priest from Poland, unbeknown to me, turned up too. Among a few things we had in common, one was very poor English. Soon we were deployed to two different parishes to assist their respective parish priests and, in the process, improve our language skills. Some time later, I went to…

Christmas that year was set to be different. As a new arrival in Scotland, with only a fledgling grasp of English, I was tasked by the parish priest with translating Polish carols into English. The idea was to incorporate a few of them into our Christmas celebrations because of the substantial contingent of Poles in the parish, but we wanted…

What springs to your mind when you hear: “the kingdom of God”?

This a perennial question and one of – if not the most often – raised by human beings. It has been pondered over by great thinkers, philosophers and theologians, as well as by common folk afflicted by its subject. These days this question is often used to lash out at Christians by those who reject the notion of a benevolent…

A few of you might have noticed my absence over the last three weeks. I spent that time wandering in the countryside around my hometown. Not that I was looking for the way into the town, nor was I lost. It was my idea of an active holiday combined with visiting my dear Mum. The countryside around my hometown is…